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Episcopal's Mu Alpha Theta Team Takes 2nd at Recent Tournament

January 17th, 2025


On Saturday, January 11th Episcopal placed 2nd overall at the Baton Rouge High Mu Alpha Theta math tournament. The tournament was attended by 370 students from 20 schools. Episcopal brought 44 students in grades 6th  – 12th that competed in subjects from Algebra 1 to Calculus BC.

Individual Tests

Algebra 1              
1st place – Sylvia Weng

Algebra 2              
Honorable Mention – Evan Sanders and Laton Weng

Trigonometry       
1st place – Darren Weng  
2nd place – Lauren Bradford
3rd place – Andrew Richard  

Calculus BC         
2nd place – Nate McLean 

Team Tests

2nd place Algebra 2 Math Bowl – Matteo Runge, Evan Sanders, Maoya Nakahara, Laton Weng

3rd place Algebra 2 Math Bowl – Natalie Reimann, Diya Kankar, Leo Abraham, Lila Awad

3rd place Precalculus Math Bowl – Andrew Richard, Oscar Fenske, Darren Weng, Rik Chigurupati

1st place Comp. Math 1 – Amaya Patel, Jillian LeBlanc, Lee Busekist, Sylvia Weng

3rd place Comp. Math 2 – Sadie Brien, Caldwell Carter, Lauren Bradford

3rd place Calculus A – Miniya Malone, Julia Brinker, Foster Lambert

3rd place Lower Interschool

3rd place Upper Interschool

2nd place in Sweepstakes

Joan Moroney

Joan Moroney began teaching in 2007. She has taught Honors Geometry, Algebra II, and Honors Algebra II at Episcopal and is a co-sponsor of the Mu Alpha Theta math competition team. Before coming to Episcopal in 2014, Joan taught high school credit math courses to gifted students at Glasgow Middle School in Baton Rouge. She has a Bachelor of Science in secondary mathematics education from North Carolina State University and a master’s degree in education from Louisiana State University in gifted education.

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